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amarquez2 · ‎Sep 26 2019

That's great to hear! I really like how easy it is to get an AP set up compared to Cisco. I see a lot of potential with Meraki in our environment.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 26 2019

I feel our network is really simple as most of it is L2. I'm guessing we could keep our core as traditional Cisco and move our distribution switches and APs to Meraki I just wonder if the Meraki switches will work with our Cisco VoIP phones.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 25 2019

I'm mostly curious as to if switching to Meraki helped save money or costs more to maintain.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 25 2019

Has anyone made the move from being a traditional Cisco environment to Meraki? I'm just curious as to if anyone's done that here.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 23 2019

What I tried worked. The static settings stuck and the AP was able to connect at the other location. Not sure why I couldn't access that default SSID even after factory reset though. Thanks everyone!

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

I think I did. I ended up using DHCP at our main office to get the AP connected to the cloud, made my configuration changes on the AP itself and will try hooking it up at the other location later this afternoon.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

I agree, it would be easier but they won't let me configure a DHCP server for that building.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

@NolanHerring it's two APs. Factory reset them both and the default SSID isn't broadcasting.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

@kYutobi No luck doing that either. http://10.128.128.128 just displays "Page cannot be found". Computer is plugged into the same switch.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

I said the same thing but was told people could easily bypass reserved IP addresses by just manually changing their IPs... Yeah I changed the IP to one available for the building prior to testing it there. Made the change in the dashboard, AP was no longer communicating with the cloud as the IP isn't valid in my office, just at that building. Plugged it in and it just looped the rainbow LEDs. Tried to access the local status page there but wasn't able to access the AP.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

I hadn't tried plugging into the same switch that the AP was plugged into...I'll give that a shot real quick.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

No, it's at a detention center and the director requires all of our equipment to have static IPs. But when the APs are used on our network at our main office they work fine. I can't tell if it's taking the IP though when I change it to static as it's not reflected in the dashboard but it does stop communicating with the cloud so I'm assuming the IP is sticking but soon as I take it over to the other building I'm not seeing it in the cloud anymore.

amarquez2 · ‎Sep 20 2019

Hello all, I'm on a trial with the MR52 APs and they worked great with DHCP but the building I'm wanting to use these in has everything statically assigned. I changed the IP settings in the dashboard and tried to connect the APs at that location but the lights kept doing the rainbow color change like it was looking for the controller. I tried the steps listed under this article to try and access the AP locally but didn't have much luck: https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Tools_and_Troubleshooting/Using_the_Cisco_Meraki_Device_Local_Status_Page I don't have an AC adapter so the APs were being powered via PoE. Tried factory resetting the APs and unplugging one but didn't see the default SSID being broadcasted. Also tried connecting to meraki-<MAC ADDRESS> with no luck there either... Anything else I could try to access this AP locally so I can see what's going on?

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